MSNBC

[annzeepark914]

20 minutes ago, Kemper said:

Now I promise back to the Business.  Which is getting beaten by CNN in the demos right now.  Maybe it is time that you updated some of your shows/anchors.

Which shows/anchors?

[Kemper]

59 minutes ago, annzeepark914 said:

Which shows/anchors?

I just have some personal preferences…would not want to “get anything started”….😏 I find I tune in to CNN more than I used to - just for some different analysts. And a break from political news. I know that MSNBC tops CNN most of the time in overall viewership; just not in the demos. I think that is where a lot of the advertising dollars are spent.

[mostlylurking]

On 9/27/2022 at 12:32 PM, Prairie Rose said:

On 9/19/2022 at 8:22 PM, Prairie Rose said:

On a happier note...is it just me, or do MSNBC legal analysts Barbara McQuade and Joyce Vance have the prettiest smiles on all TV? 😁💖

Anyone else thinking of the movie Elf? “Your smile is so pretty it should be on a Christmas card!”  Just me?  I’ll see myself out……

[possibilities]

I don't like Joy Reid's new stylist. I used to always think she looked great, and sometimes fantastic. But lately she's been wearing some stuff I really dislike. The shirt she had on tonight was extremely not to my taste.

[Prairie Rose]

We get a break from Stephanie's loud interruptions tonight. Ayman is filling in on the 11th Hour!! 😎😁❤

[annzeepark914]

On 9/30/2022 at 8:15 PM, possibilities said:

I don't like Joy Reid's new stylist. I used to always think she looked great, and sometimes fantastic. But lately she's been wearing some stuff I really dislike. The shirt she had on tonight was extremely not to my taste.

The last few times I saw her, she looked ok. Must've missed the shows you're referring to.  The female anchors on these shows are really changing their looks.

Edited October 5, 2022 by annzeepark914

[Prairie Rose]

I missed that, but on the other side of the clothing spectrum, Joy once wore a "Jeffersons Cleaners" T-shirt on the air. It was a pop culture casual shirt, based on the Jeffersons TV show. Still, I found it a very unprofessional thing to wear on a TV news program. That was about a year and a half ago. Does anyone else remember that?

[Prairie Rose]

I did find a screen cap. This was from September 2021.

[Crashcourse]

Totally unprofessional.

[mostlylurking]

Yeah, I definitely think that’s way to casual for reporting the news. I’m old and I still like to see the anchors dressed professionally.  I’ve noticed some of the female anchors like to wear a t-shirt under a blazer. I wouldn’t mind that so much of it was plain but it’s usually a t-shirt with wording on it so then I spend half the newscast wondering what the rest of the shirt says. Hallie Jackson and Savannah on Today have both done this. 

[annzeepark914]

Meanwhile, all the male TV news talents are still dressing professionally in their suits.   

[possibilities]

Neal Katyal is often on the show with his shirt button undone and his ample chest hair showing. He's not an anchor, but I find it unappealing.

[tres bien]

I would rather see Joy wear a graphic T every day then hear Nicolle tell every guest that she's grateful they spent some time with her

[annzeepark914]

2 hours ago, tres bien said:

I would rather see Joy wear a graphic T every day then hear Nicolle tell every guest that she's grateful they spent some time with her

Hah! I thought you were going to say NW tells every guest she worked at the White House 😄.

[bad things are bad]

I have a girl crush on Barb McQuade.  My PT job takes me to Ann Arbor near the law school sometimes,  and I think I'd stop the car in the middle of the street if I ever saw her walking around!

[Prairie Rose]

12 hours ago, bad things are bad said:

I have a girl crush on Barb McQuade.  My PT job takes me to Ann Arbor near the law school sometimes,  and I think I'd stop the car in the middle of the street if I ever saw her walking around!

Another message board poster said that if Peppermint Patty was a human, she'd look just like Barb McQuade. The person meant it as a compliment! 😁

Let us know if you ever see her on your rounds. As a Buckeye, I can overlook her being a Wolverine. 😉😁😂

[chessiegal]

On 9/19/2022 at 9:22 PM, Prairie Rose said:

On a happier note...is it just me, or do MSNBC legal analysts Barbara McQuade and Joyce Vance have the prettiest smiles on all TV? 😁💖

My husband knows Joyce Vance. Has nothing but good things to say about her.

[Prairie Rose]

Who else thoroughly enjoys another regular MSNBC panelist, Elie Mystal? He is always entertaining. Thanks to his conversation with Chris Hayes the other night, I learned the meaning of "blockchain". 😂 He always adds some spice to the proceedings. Most of the other regular panelists, who I love, are very outwardly calm. Elie is one of the few who raises his voice and gets a bit animated. The only other MSNBC regular who has a similar onscreen persona that comes to mind right now is Fernand Amandi (who I share a birthday with, thank you Joy Reid for divulging that).

Edited October 10, 2022 by Prairie Rose

[possibilities]

I'm a huge Elie Mystal fan. His book and his twitter are both fantastic. MSNBC gets me to watch more shows than I otherwise would, by saying Mystal is scheduled as a guest. And if you like his manner of speaking, get the audiobook from Audible, because he reads it himself.

[Prairie Rose]

32 minutes ago, possibilities said:

I'm a huge Elie Mystal fan. His book and his twitter are both fantastic. MSNBC gets me to watch more shows than I otherwise would, by saying Mystal is scheduled as a guest. And if you like his manner of speaking, get the audiobook from Audible, because he reads it himself.

Cool, thanks!!

[Prairie Rose]

I never noticed until a few days ago what some of you have been saying about Nicolle Wallace's incessant giggling. It's awful!! 😬 Also, she's gotten about as bad interrupting/talking over her guests as Stephanie Ruhle. Good grief. 😬

[jenkait]

On 9/19/2022 at 6:22 PM, Prairie Rose said:

On a happier note...is it just me, or do MSNBC legal analysts Barbara McQuade and Joyce Vance have the prettiest smiles on all TV? 😁💖

It’s not just you, I agree!   I’ve often giggled thinking “I bet Barb McQuade hated her freckles as a kid” but they are so freaking adorable. 

[Milburn Stone]

12 hours ago, Prairie Rose said:

I never noticed until a few days ago what some of you have been saying about Nicolle Wallace's incessant giggling. It's awful!!

TV likes to put attractive people on the air, but it's always a plus when they have other qualifications. It would be nice if Nicolle had any.

[annzeepark914]

4 hours ago, Milburn Stone said:

TV likes to put attractive people on the air, but it's always a plus when they have other qualifications. It would be nice if Nicolle had any.

But she does have good guests (which is why I still watch Deadline White House). I'm not a fan of former White House staffers getting jobs on these shows. Real journalists would not be chuckling while asking questions re: serious matters. 

[jenkait]

On 10/11/2022 at 6:56 PM, Prairie Rose said:

I never noticed until a few days ago what some of you have been saying about Nicolle Wallace's incessant giggling. It's awful!! 😬 Also, she's gotten about as bad interrupting/talking over her guests as Stephanie Ruhle. Good grief. 😬

Sometimes she will get the giggles and she can’t stop. Ngl I’ve had moments of “I want whatever she’s having” 😂 .  We used to call her cackles but that was…cackling. More loud.

[Prairie Rose]

Who else's teeth grind every time Stephanie Ruhle says, "let's get smarter"??? AAAUGH!!!!

[annzeepark914]

8 hours ago, Prairie Rose said:

Who else's teeth grind every time Stephanie Ruhle says, "let's get smarter"??? AAAUGH!!!!

My teeth grind whenever Nicolle does her "heh-heh-heh's" while asking her guest a serious question. Or, flips her hair out of her left eye. And, of course, whenever she mentions that she worked in the WH 😖. I wonder if Jen P will be referring to her time in the WH???

[Prairie Rose]

We got two for the price of one on Alicia Menendez's show tonight!! 😁❤

[meowmommy]

3 hours ago, Prairie Rose said:

We got two for the price of one on Alicia Menendez's show tonight!! 😁❤

It's just a measure of how MSNBC has devolved that I automatically started looking for double typos in the chyron, only to realize you were talking about having Joyce and Barb in the same shot!

[Prairie Rose]

On 10/14/2022 at 10:29 PM, annzeepark914 said:

My teeth grind whenever Nicolle does her "heh-heh-heh's" while asking her guest a serious question. Or, flips her hair out of her left eye. And, of course, whenever she mentions that she worked in the WH 😖. I wonder if Jen P will be referring to her time in the WH???

Jen Psaki was a guest on the latest 1/6 "post game" (for lack of a better term) special. Of course, Nicolle had to mention that they both once worked in the White House. We may need to start a drinking game. 😂 Actually, I really like Nicolle when she's not incessantly giggling or reminiscing on her time in the White House. 

12 hours ago, meowmommy said:

It's just a measure of how MSNBC has devolved that I automatically started looking for double typos in the chyron, only to realize you were talking about having Joyce and Barb in the same shot!

If that had been the case, I would have used different emojis. 😂 Barb and Joyce are two of my all-time favorite MSNBC panelists, so it's always a treat whenever they are on together. 😁❤

[tres bien]

Sorry to pile on with what drives us crazy about Nicolle but, Michael Schmidt, she's married to the guy. Is she ok with him wearing a 1/4 zip pullover for every MSNBC appearance for the last three years? Because I'm not.

Only Mr Rogers was allowed to wear his tried and true cardigan in every episode 

[xaxat]

On 10/17/2022 at 12:30 PM, Prairie Rose said:

Jen Psaki was a guest on the latest 1/6 "post game" (for lack of a better term) special. Of course, Nicolle had to mention that they both once worked in the White House. We may need to start a drinking game. 😂

Don't add Joe "When I was in Congress" Scarborough. Then you would really be in trouble.

[Medicine Crow]

57 minutes ago, tres bien said:

Sorry to pile on with what drives us crazy about Nicolle but, Michael Schmidt, she's married to the guy. Is she ok with him wearing a 1/4 zip pullover for every MSNBC appearance for the last three years? Because I'm not.

Only Mr Rogers was allowed to wear his tried and true cardigan in every episode 

Which is a shining example of someone setting their standards low enough ... LOL.

[jacourt]

Hey thats Michaels's thing.  Granted, I think the guy is great.  He also would do shots in front of an empty bookcase or a white concrete block wall. Putting on a show (or jacket and tie) isn' t his thing.  

[Kitty Redstone]

I've criticized Stephanie Ruhle in the past for interrupting her guests, but have a real appreciation for her sense of humor.  I started following her on Twitter awhile back and she's a class act with her critics.  Someone recently posted that she looked like she just rolled out of bed, smoked a pack of Marlboroughs and drank a pot of coffee before sitting in the anchor's chair, and her reply was, And?  I'm still chuckling.

[Kemper]

I love Stephanie Ruhl; I just wish she was back on during the day. Right now, with the stock market so volatile and the economy being a headline everyday, she is sorely missed. And yes, she has a great laugh.

[annzeepark914]

16 hours ago, jacourt said:

Hey thats Michaels's thing.  Granted, I think the guy is great.  He also would do shots in front of an empty bookcase or a white concrete block wall. Putting on a show (or jacket and tie) isn' t his thing.  

I saw Michael only once wearing a suit. The suit looked awful on him. He looked like he was being tortured (weird description, but it was a weird sight!!)

[Prairie Rose]

On 10/18/2022 at 5:04 PM, xaxat said:

Don't add Joe "When I was in Congress" Scarborough. Then you would really be in trouble.

Everyone would be passed out by the first commercial!! 😮😉😂

18 hours ago, Kitty Redstone said:

I've criticized Stephanie Ruhle in the past for interrupting her guests, but have a real appreciation for her sense of humor.  I started following her on Twitter awhile back and she's a class act with her critics.  Someone recently posted that she looked like she just rolled out of bed, smoked a pack of Marlboroughs and drank a pot of coffee before sitting in the anchor's chair, and her reply was, And?  I'm still chuckling.

She does have a good sense of humor and her guests seem to love her, but giving her The 11th Hour was a mistake. I wish she and Chris Jansing could swap time slots!!!!

[Kitty Redstone]

I do miss her and Ali Velshi together, and him particularly.  His show is on too early on the weekends for me, so unless he's doing hurricane coverage or filling in for someone I don't see him any more. 

[Prairie Rose]

*bangs head against wall*

[Milburn Stone]

10 hours ago, Prairie Rose said:

*bangs head against wall*

And worst of all, that's not even a typo. That's just ignorance bordering on stupidity.

[annzeepark914]

13 hours ago, Prairie Rose said:

*bangs head against wall*

And yet...once again, the English language doesn't always make sense. Hudes writes plays. She doesn't wright them. Maybe auto text has taken over at MSNBC. 

[meowmommy]

7 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:

And yet...once again, the English language doesn't always make sense. Hudes writes plays. She doesn't wright them. Maybe auto text has taken over at MSNBC. 

But AFAIK, there is no such word in the English language as playwrite.  So auto text or spell check would not have let this go through.  Someone did this on purpose.

I guess I found it wryly funny that they got the playwright's name, which is a bit unusual, correct and got her profession, which is a common word, wrong.

[jenkait]

On 10/12/2022 at 11:25 AM, annzeepark914 said:

But she does have good guests (which is why I still watch Deadline White House). I'm not a fan of former White House staffers getting jobs on these shows. Real journalists would not be chuckling while asking questions re: serious matters. 

Nicolle Wallace is actually a trained journalist, though!  I think she started working in politics pretty young, but that’s what her degree is in. Hmm I just looked it up and she has a BA in communications and an MA in journalism! LOL.  I don’t mind her giggling or her little tics. She did take a long time to grow on me and on 2009 I was so mad Rachel Maddow kept having her on her show, but I dunno. I feel I watched her grow up on TV, and I grew up too.

[Kemper]

There are not many real journalists hosting shows on the 24/7 networks. The majority of  guests seem to be pundits and lawyers; with actual journalists sprinkled in. A “pundit” is something I aspire to be. 🤓

[annzeepark914]

3 hours ago, Kemper said:

There are not many real journalists hosting shows on the 24/7 networks. The majority of  guests seem to be pundits and lawyers; with actual journalists sprinkled in. A “pundit” is something I aspire to be. 🤓

Actually, I believe all of us here are pundits 😁.

[jenkait]

On 10/18/2022 at 9:14 PM, Kitty Redstone said:

I've criticized Stephanie Ruhle in the past for interrupting her guests, but have a real appreciation for her sense of humor.  I started following her on Twitter awhile back and she's a class act with her critics.  Someone recently posted that she looked like she just rolled out of bed, smoked a pack of Marlboroughs and drank a pot of coffee before sitting in the anchor's chair, and her reply was, And?  I'm still chuckling.

That’s too funny, I love it!

I get the feeling Stephanie Ruhle was the youngest child in the family and a VERY fast runner. 🤣. I think she is hilarious and has a heart of gold, though.

[jenkait]

On 10/5/2022 at 11:13 PM, possibilities said:

Neal Katyal is often on the show with his shirt button undone and his ample chest hair showing. He's not an anchor, but I find it unappealing.

Oh my goodness, I have to admit I find like…everything about Neal Katyal appealing 😍

Nicolle and Neal are quite the pair, usually sporting matching smirks  and it makes me laugh.

[Medicine Crow]

56 minutes ago, jenkait said:

Oh my goodness, I have to admit I find like…everything about Neal Katyal appealing 😍

Nicolle and Neal are quite the pair, usually sporting matching smirks  and it makes me laugh.

GHScorpiosRule is going to "go after ya" if you keep on talking about her man ... LOL.

[GHScorpiosRule]

4 hours ago, jenkait said:

Oh my goodness, I have to admit I find like…everything about Neal Katyal appealing 😍

Nicolle and Neal are quite the pair, usually sporting matching smirks  and it makes me laugh.

3 hours ago, Medicine Crow said:

GHScorpiosRule is going to "go after ya" if you keep on talking about her man ... LOL.

Did someone call my name? 
 

@jenkait,